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    TOMATO FRUITWORM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato cropsplay

    Synonyms:

    corn earworm; cotton bollworm; Heliothis zia; tobacco budworm; tomato fruitworm; vetchworm

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("tomato fruitworm" is a kind of...):

    bollworm (any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls)

    Holonyms ("tomato fruitworm" is a member of...):

    family Noctuidae; Noctuidae (cutworms; armyworms)

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